I get a little too obsessive with work.

There's something very scary about exposing yourself on camera, knowing that you're going to be put on thousands of screens around the world for everyone to judge, but there's also something very thrilling and exciting about it.

Chile could work as a double for L.A.; it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there.

I felt people responded to two things. One, obviously, is the gore and the scenes like the eye gauging.

Twitter is wonderful. You can kill rumours instantly.

Pulp Fiction won the Palme d'Or and people said: "Wait a minute, he's actually smart and he knows what he's doing!" I feel that with Hostel, any time you make a film like that it's going to illicit a strong reaction and you can't worry about that.

Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.